How am I supposed to know when my water actually breaks?

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I’m always leaking something. Pee, discharge, idk. I went a few days ago to get seen and make sure it wasn’t fluid, she said I was closed and there was no sign of any amniotic fluid. But I feel like my undies are always some type of wet. I can’t go to the ER literally every day for the next 2 weeks to see if it’s my water or not, so what am I supposed to do? How will I know what’s normal fluids and what’s my water?

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The 1st time my water broke it was a little trickle and then 10 min later it was soooo much. The 2nd time I heard a pop sound and then so much gushed out I was frozen in place in shock lol. I had a lot of clear discharge with all my pregnancies like you are describing. It would sometimes trickle down my leg and I hated it so much. But you will deff know if your water breaks. 
Also to add my water has only broken on its own 2/5 times I've given birth so yours may not even break until you are way into labor.

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I wasn’t dilated or having contractions when my water started to break. As someone mentioned, statistically, this is absolutely not the norm. I knew it was my water bc I I hadn’t had a pee issue in some weeks. It was definitely something I felt come out. It was just a little. Then I consistently felt it again.....just little bits at a time, but I could feel it each time. For me, when I would pee, it was w a cough, laugh, or sneeze....this was just happening randomly. I went to L&D and sure enough it was fluid, even though my cervix was closed and not contracting. I was 38w5d.

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Not always a gush. It can be a trickle. So...my best advice is that it smells almost sweet. Much different than your normal smell. If the nurse said your cervix is closed, I wouldn’t think it is your water. It’s hard for the sack to break if the cervix is closed and the baby isn’t putting pressure on the sack at the opening of the cervix. When mine broke, I was 3-4cm dilated and 90% effaced and the sack was bulging out of my cervix like a water balloon. 💗

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When my water broke it was a gush but not everyone’s will break with a gush, some women will just constantly leak a little. The best way to tell is to smell it, there should be no smell to it so if it smells like pee or any kind of extra dish charge then it’s not your water breaking.

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I have the exact same I'm 40 weeks today constant water like yellow fluid coming out :( but got checked 2 days ago they said it's not amniotic fluid 😭

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It is water if it keeps coming.
Statistically it is much more likely to have contractions before water breaks or they happen right after.
Mine was like an urge to pee. I stood up (I was at l&d for irregular contractions and had a nst at the time) and the whole floor was wet and it crpt coming. And. That wasn't even half of it. Few hours lated during labor my waters were broke again (didn't know they have to break it if it is already "gone"), and hold and behold, the amount was larger than before... And I did have an urgent csection after. Then they also told that about half a litre of amniotic was there still...

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Your waters will be a huge gush, like way more than slight wet I mean loaaddddssssss

How am I supposed to know when my water actually breaks?

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